赤毛のアン 第三十二章

CHAPTER XXXII The Pass List Is Out(20)

原文
But she had another and nobler motive for wishing to do well. She wanted to "pass high" for the sake of Matthew and Marilla--especially Matthew. Matthew had declared to her his conviction that she "would beat the whole Island." That, Anne felt, was something it would be foolish to hope for even in the wildest dreams. But she did hope fervently that she would be among the first ten at least, so that she might see Matthew's kindly brown eyes gleam with pride in her achievement. That, she felt, would be a sweet reward indeed for all her hard work and patient grubbing among unimaginative equations and conjugations.

語彙など
  • motive:動機
  • for the sake of:〜のために
  • declare:言明する
  • conviction:確信
  • wild dream:たわいのない夢
  • fervently:熱烈に
  • gleam with:〜で光る
  • pride:誇り
  • reward:褒美
  • patient:根気よく働く
  • grub:掘り起こす
  • unimaginative:面白くない,散文的な
  • conjugation:(動詞の)活用